Combination scrub-brush and mop.



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COMBINATION SCRUB Bnusn AND MOP.

(Apialiution med Jan. 17, 1902.)

(No Model.)

P eifented Apia-'22, I902}; I

UNITED STATES ATE T FFICE- FELIX PIRR-UNG', or RAvE'N'swooD, ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION SCRUB-BRUSH AND MOP.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 698,051, dated April.22, 1902. Application filed January 17, 1902. $erial l lo. 90,129. (Nomodel.)

To a, whom/1J1? may-concern.-

Be it known that LFELIX PIRRUNG, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Ravenswood, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined.Scrub-Brush and Mop, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined scrub-brushand mop;and itconsists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novelarrangement, and operation of the various parts thereof, as will behereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The objects of my invention are toprovide a device of the above-namedcharacter which shall be simple and inexpensive in construcwater may betaken up from thefloorthereby and deposited in a receptacle or reservoircarried by the device, from which it may be emptied.

Another object of the invention is to provide the device with areceptacle or reservoir in which water may be carried and from which itmay be sprinkled on the floor in sufficient quantities for cleaning thesame.

Other objects and advantages'of the invention will be disclosed insubjoined description and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art' to which my inventionpertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it,referring to the accompanying drawings,

in which Figure l is a view in side elevation of the front of thecombined brush and mop. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the end thereof inwhich the sprinkling device is located. Fig. 3 is a front view inelevation with the casing forming a portion of the reservoir removed.Fig. 4: is an end view in elevation, but showing the casing in section,said section being taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig.' 5 is a view inelevation of one end of the rear of the device. Fig. 6 is a similar viewof the opposite end. Fig. 7 is a cross-sectionalview through the middleof the brush-block, and Fig. 8 is a crosssectional View ofthe'cleat-forming a portion I of the reservoir.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughvided in its middle with atapered opening a for the reception and retention of the-handle B, usedforoperating the device. The upper surface of the block A is providedwith a longitudinal mortise or recess a? for the reeeptionandretentionofthe cleatorpiece C,which forms the rear portion of thereservoir or, v

This cleat or piece is water receptacle. formed at one of its ends withan opening or recess 0 and at its other end with a series of openingsor'recesses c, which, as well as the opening a, communicate with theinterior of the reservoir or water-receptacle formed by the casing D andcleat or pieceO, as is clearly shownin the drawings. The casing D ispreferably made of metal and is bent to form two sides of asubstantially rectangular figure, with its ends (1 closed, which endsare secured to the ends of the brush block or body by any suitablemeans, such as screws or nails passing through openings in said end andinto the ends of the brush-block.

The front lower portion of the block A is formed with a rabbet a inwhich is located the mop-piece E, which is preferably made of rubber andhas near each of its ends an opening to receive the upturned ends 'f ofthe.

supporting-bar F, which lies longitudinally against the lower surface ofthe mop-piece and is sustained thereagainst by means of links or wirese, which pass through suitable openings in the mop-piece and areconnected at their lower ends to the rod F and at their upper ends tothe ends of the spring G, which is secured at its middle to the front orinner surface of the cleat or piece 0, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings. The'lower surface of the block or body A is provided nearthe rabbet o with a longitudinal groove 60 ,111 which is secured oneedge of a binding or reinforcing strip H forthe mop-piece."

This block is substantiallyrectangularinshapeandispro- When the partsare secured in place as above described, it is apparent that the loweredge of the casing D will rest on the upper surface of the mop-piece,which piece will normally be held closely thereagainst by means of therod F and spring G, with which it is connected.

In using the device the reservoir may be supplied with water by dippingthe entire implement in a bucket or other vessel, when the water willenter the reservoir through the openings 0 and o in the ends of thecleat or piece 0 and will be retained in the lower portion of thereceptacle or up to a level with the upper surface of the block A, forit will be seen by reference to Fig. 4 of the drawings that there are noopenings for its escape except above the upper surface of the saidblock. If it is desired to sprinkle the floor, the device may be turnedso that the end thereof having the series of openings 0 will belowermost, when the water will escape in jets or small quantitiesthrough said openings. If it is desired to empty the reservoir, theother end, or that one having therein the opening a, may be lowered, asis evident.

To use the device as a mop, it is so placed that the edge of themop-piece E will rest on the floor, when by a quick or sudden movementtoward the operator the said piece will yield sufficiently to provide anopening between it and the lower edge of the casing D, thus allowing thewater on the floor to enter said casing, when by removing the pressureon the mop-piece it will be brought back to its normal position againstthe lower edge of the casing D by reason of its resiliency and throughthe instrumentality of the spring G, with which it is connected.

Having thus fully described myinvention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Inacombined scrub-brush and mop, the combination with a brush blockor body, of a mop-piece secured to its lower front portion andprojecting outwardly therefrom, a cleat or piece secured to the uppersurface of the said block and having at one of its ends an opening, andat its other end a series of openings, and a casing secured to the endsof the block and the upper surface of the cleat and resting at its loweredge on the upper surface of the mop-piece, substantially as described.

2. In a combined scrub-brush and mop, the combination with a brush blockor body, of a mop-piece secured longitudinally on its front lowerportion and projecting outwardly therefrom, and having an opening neareach of its ends, a reinforcing strip or piece secured to the lowersurface of the mop-piece, a sup-' porting-rod located on the lowersurface of the mop-piece and having its ends upturned through theopenings in said piece, a cleat or piece secured to the upper surface ofthe brush-block and having at one of its ends an opening, and at itsother end a series of openings, a spring secured to the front surface'ofthe cleat and connected at its ends to the supporting-rod for themop-piece, and a reservoir-casing secured to the ends of the brushblockand to the upper surface of the cleat and having its lower edge incontact with the mop-piece, substantially as described.

FELIX PIRRUN G.

Witnesses:

CHAS. G. TILLMAN, A. GUSTAFSON.

